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We had a few different news stories we wanted to talk about, so we're bringing Geek Girl in the News back!

Join us as we talk about the Oscars - no, not that event that everyone else is talking about, the achievements that ACTUALLY matter. 

We're also talking about the importance of crediting women for their work, especially when it comes to video games! Our favourite heroine, Sam Maggs, was recently left uncredited for her major role as Lead Writer in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.

And we can't NOT talk about Elliot Page's character, Viktor Hargreeves, going through his own transition journey that will be celebrated in season 3 of The Umbrella Academy!

In this episode of Geek Girl in the News, we covered these news stories:

• Every Winner at the Oscars 2022
• History Made at the Oscars
• Quote from Troy Kotsur
• Cardi B's Incredible Platinum Achievement
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart lead writer claims work has been "erased"
• That Sam Maggs Thread
• Elliot Page Introduces Us to ‘Umbrella Academy’s’ Viktor Hargreeves

Amanda also mentions Murdle - the newest, hottest Wordle-like Whodunnit

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If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Girl Reviews: The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs
• Geeking Out About the Oscars
• Geek Interview: Gender Identity and Fluidity with Frazley and Sascz of Translucidity

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 Amanda & Monika

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Let's talk about those games that are so hard they make you rage. They make you cry. They make you walk away in frustration. ARE THEY STILL FUN!?

This conversation is brought to you by Amanda's obsession with Elden Ring, Moni's love/hate relationship with Celeste, and a wonderful suggestion from our fab community member, MrMillhill.

We talk about:

• why we love to rage at games
• competition vs comparison vs spite
• the role of community when playing a hard game
• mentally vs physically challenging games
• and SO MUCH MORE

We'd love to hear YOUR thoughts, too! Let us know on social media or join our Discord to continue the conversation!

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If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Herring & Chill: Our Video Game History & the Evolution of Geek Herring Gaming
• Geek Discussion: Why Geek Community Matters
• Geek Interview: Creating Feminist Characters with Game Developers Genese Davis and Seb Le Touze

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 Amanda & Monika

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Have you seen Turning Red? It's Disney Pixar's latest release that follow a group of 13 year old girls in Toronto. Set in 2002. Peak boy band hype.

One of the girls just so happens to be able to turn into a red panda.

NBD.

Let's get into all the awesome things this movie talks about: being dorky 13 year old girls, being YOURSELF, periods, shame, taboo, Chinese culture, vampire obsession, boy bands, Canadiana, teenage horniness, and so much more.

What do you think about Turning Red? Let us know!

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If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Geek Interview: Creating Feminist Characters with Game Developers Genese Davis and Seb Le Touze
• Geek Interview: Loving the Skin You’re in with Frank the Pegasus
• Geek Herring Reviews Enola F*cking Holmes!

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 Amanda & Monika

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Let's talk about boobs! We love boobs (okay Amanda loves boobs). We're covering the new inclusive Adidas ad, Victoria Secret's disabled models, and the fantastic outcome to the US Women's Soccer Team lawsuit!

Have you seen the latest Adidas ad? It's full of boobs - beautiful, bare boobies that celebrate the fact that the beautiful breast comes in all shapes and sizes. Adidas is absolutely owning their inclusive marketing campaign and we are so glad to see them creating bras that support bigger boobs! 

We mention big boobs, small boobs, and trans boobs - all very important to note!! We also note that while this campaign is AWESOME, it does not have any trans representation in it - and this is something bra companies should definitely be including. Trans boobs need love and support, too!

We're also talking about Victoria's Secret's inclusion of disabled models and think this is great. More and more lingerie companies are becoming diverse and inclusive - yay!

Finally, we talk about the US Women's Soccer Team's successful lawsuit - we know we were talking about boobs, but this team wears sports bras so it TOTALLY FITS. Read about it here!

Amanda references the Boob or Bust website for bra fitting, too!

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• Episode 19: Geek Discussion: All Those Video Game Boobs
• Episode 121: Geek Interview: Loving the Skin You’re in with Frank the Pegasus
• Episode 131: Geeking Out About Self Care

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 Amanda & Monika

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It's Oscars season!

How did the nominations shape up? We run through each of the categories, talk about our favourites (and indeed, some of the only films we've even seen that were nominated - oops! Who said we were qualified to talk about these!?), go on a total tangent about our (Amanda's) love of Robert Pattinson, gush about Encanto (obvs), and get distracted by Amanda's biggest Oscar snub: Eternals!

We referenced these articles:

• 2022 Oscar Nominations
• 2022 Oscar Nomination Snubs and Surprises
• „BIGGEST LIPDUB EVER" - OPUS „Live Is Life“ - KAPFENBERG - The real world record!

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• Episode 117: Geek Girl Reviews: Wonder Woman 1984…. Because -Someone- Has To
• Episode 61: Geeking Out About Diversity & Representation in Pop Culture: Aladdin, MIB, Shazam!, & More!
• Episode 41: Geeking Out About Marvel’s Phase 4

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We're talking to the incredible Psyche, Twitch streamer and YouTube content creator, about embracing who she is, being the gayest witch on Twitch, and why showing up as your authentic self matters!

About Psyche

Psyche (She/Her) is shy, bi, and likes games that make you cry! She's a chaotic, bisexual Twitch variety streamer from Northern Ireland! Psyche formerly worked in the games industry for 8 years (including as a Project Manager for Riot Games) but now streams and creates content full-time.

This conversation with Psyche was recorded in June 2021 - so sorry for the delay in getting it out! - and it's a great one. 

We talk gay stuff, discrimination, support, resources, embracing your identity, and more!

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You can find Psyche on Twitch / Instagram / Twitter / YouTube!

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If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Episode 124: Geek Interview: Love Is… Finding Yourself with Lizzie
• Episode 133: Geek Discussion: Coming Out, Pride, and Identity
• Episode 126: Geek Roundtable: Love in Every Form

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 Amanda & Monika

Special Guest: Psyche.

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OMG we're back!!

What's been going on the last 6 months of our hiatus?

Thanks for sticking with us while we take some real life time to process all the real life shit going on.

We're catching up on all the amazing geeky shows and movies from the last 6 months!

Loki!
 Wheel of Time!
 Lord of the Rings!
 Eternals!
 Book of Boba Fett!
 Hawkeye!
 The Boys!
 The Witcher!
 What If?!
 Encanto!
 Luca!
 Soul!
 Inside Out!

THIS IS YOUR REMINDER, please listen to The Amazing Devil!

Also let's talk diversity! And accountability! And why we love this awesome little show so much. 

"We need to stop holding individuals accountable for societal problems. But we do need to keep treating people like flawed individuals who have things to learn." - Gemma

Alsoooo you can totally follow both of our personal Twitch accounts!

MoniDoesStuff
SoulBodyGeek

Moni's playing lots of games on stream! Amanda's playing lots of Dungeons and Dragons!

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If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Episode 65: Geeking Out About The Witcher: Monster Hunters, Witches, and the Duality of Humankind
• Episode 105: Geek Discussion: Why Geek Community Matters
• Episode 114: Geek Interview: Changing the Tabletop Games Narrative with Kate Bullock

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Shadow and Bone is the latest YA high fantasy show taking Netflix by storm. We're joined by Grishaverse addict Vicky Brewster to talk about what we loved - and didn't so much love - from our first foray into this universe.

About Vicky Brewster

Vicky Brewster is a freelance editor, founder of Books Outside the Box (a spooky and speculative book subscription service), founder of The Writing Haunt horror writing retreat, and a PhD student. She's wearing lots of fantastical hats and it's awesome!

Based on the books by Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone season one is out now on Netflix.

If you haven't seen Shadow and Bone or read the books and are wary of spoilers: HERE IS YOUR SPOILER WARNING. This episode is NOT spoiler free!

We talk about what we love about the show (mainly our love of Jesper and Inej) and what we don't love so much - too much -yawn- lovey dovey stuff!

Vicky is our pocket expert into all things Grisha and we're so grateful for her guiding us through this episode and answering all our burning questions. It's great to have an expert on the team! ;) 

Here's Thom (from Three Extra Lives) take on the whole show - it basically sums it up!

Thanks, Thom, for putting into words how we feel about this show. WE NEED MORE STORY!

Bring on Season 2 for the continuation and all the other awesome stuff.

Here's the Apple Podcasts link to the Shadow and Bones Netflix podcast Vicky mentions!

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Sign up for Vicky's Talk: CRSF 2021 - Speculative Futures and Survival

Books Outside the Box
The Writing Haunt

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If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Episode 120: Geek Girl Reviews WandaVision: A Story About Grief
• Episode 129: Geeking Out About The Falcon and The Winter Soldier: Your Current Most Important Watch
• Episode 122: Geek Discussion: Our Break-Up with the Wizarding World

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 Amanda & Monika

Special Guest: Vicky Brewster.

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What's it like starting and running a successful geek brand? We're joined by the incredible Jordan Dene Ellis, of Jordandene NYC and The Sartorial Geek podcast and magazine, to talk about how she's created her own successful geeky brands.

About Jordan Dene Ellis

Jordan Dene Ellis is the founder of Jordandene NYC and co-founder of The Sartorial Geek podcast and magazine. She's a badass geek who's created one awesome life for herself - by her own rules.

We chat about all things geek in this episode! Especially about creating a successful and thriving geeky career. Jordan Dene is pretty much a household name when it comes to geek fashion and it's easy to see why.

Jordan also talks about what it's like running a magazine and her experience podcasting.

Thanks for the awesome, fangirling episode, Jordan!!

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If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Episode 15: Geek Girl Rant: Gendered Clothes & Geeky Merch
• Episode 1: Geek Representation: NYCC and Beyond
• Episode 131: Geeking Out About Self Care

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 Amanda & Monika

Special Guest: Jordan Dene Ellis.

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HAPPY PRIDE!

We are so excited to celebrate Pride this month, not only because it's fucking PRIDE, it's also Moni's first pride as an out and proud asexual person! Welcome to the queer club, Moni!

In this episode, we're talking alllll about Moni's coming out story and how she's perceived herself for all of her life. It's really fascinating to hear this from someone who realised their identity at 36 years of age. Congratulations, Moni, on figuring your shit out! 

We also talk about appearances and genitals, because what kind of episode would it be if we didn't? It's inappropriate and incredible, exactly how we like it.

This year has been one of self-discovery for many. We've actually had quite a few people mention that Geek Herring has gotten way gayer over the years we've been doing this -- and also that Geek Herring makes you gay*. *Well, sure. We'll take it! What a weird badge of honour.

Celebrating pride for both of us has been really different experiences. Amanda's been celebrating over 17 Prides in some way or another and Moni's never been to a Pride parade in her life. We're both valid for however we celebrate and recognise Pride!

Because Pride matters. Pride is an important event in the LGBTQIA2+ community. We've lost so much - from the AIDs crisis, homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, murders, and all that horrible stuff of humanity. It's no wonder there are so many people, like Moni, who haven't come out until later in life. We didn't have the role models or the safety to come out like Gen Z does, now.

Finally, we want you to know that no matter how old you are, no matter how out you are, and no matter who you are: you matter. You are valid. Your identity is valid. 

This world just needs a bit more gosh darn love!

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If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please check out some of our others!

• Episode 126: Geek Roundtable: Love in Every Form
• Episode 124: Geek Interview: Love Is… Finding Yourself with Lizzie
• Episode 125: Geek Girl Reviews It’s a Sin: The Heartbreaking Reality of the AIDS Crisis

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